Comments on: Learning about community from the Didache http://adammclane.com/2010/02/02/learning-about-community-from-the-didache/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: adam mclane http://adammclane.com/2010/02/02/learning-about-community-from-the-didache/#comment-7465 adam mclane Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:46:57 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5681#comment-7465 It's a shorty book. So you can read it as a tweener. It’s a shorty book. So you can read it as a tweener.

]]> By: ben hammond http://adammclane.com/2010/02/02/learning-about-community-from-the-didache/#comment-7464 ben hammond Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:00:14 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5681#comment-7464 I want to read this book too. I listened to Tony's reading of Didache, but have not had a chance to read his book about it yet. I want to read this book too. I listened to Tony’s reading of Didache, but have not had a chance to read his book about it yet.

]]> By: Joel Mayward http://adammclane.com/2010/02/02/learning-about-community-from-the-didache/#comment-7463 Joel Mayward Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:49:18 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5681#comment-7463 "Before you hate, before you criticize, before you call names, take the time to read for yourself. Read it, like I did, with a critical eye. Then, when you go to critique, you can do so intelligently." Amen! I've had a number of conversations with fellow ministers who simply dismiss a book or a perspective without ever having read anything beyond a few paragraphs or a blog review. I'm learning to curb my own knee-jerk reactions and simply read the book/perspective for myself. And now I've got another book to add my ever-growing reading list. :) “Before you hate, before you criticize, before you call names, take the time to read for yourself. Read it, like I did, with a critical eye. Then, when you go to critique, you can do so intelligently.”

Amen! I’ve had a number of conversations with fellow ministers who simply dismiss a book or a perspective without ever having read anything beyond a few paragraphs or a blog review. I’m learning to curb my own knee-jerk reactions and simply read the book/perspective for myself.

And now I’ve got another book to add my ever-growing reading list. :)

]]> By: adam mclane http://adammclane.com/2010/02/02/learning-about-community-from-the-didache/#comment-7462 adam mclane Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:39:37 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5681#comment-7462 It really is user-friendly. One of my favorite things about the book is that it isn't loaded with footnotes. I've found Cedarville to be surprisingly "progressive-friendly" so I wouldn't be all that surprised if the prof would have plugged the book. I think that points more towards the fact that most profs live in a bubble. And since this book isn't likely to get reviewed in an academic journal, it probably just isn't on his radar... yet. It really is user-friendly. One of my favorite things about the book is that it isn’t loaded with footnotes.

I’ve found Cedarville to be surprisingly “progressive-friendly” so I wouldn’t be all that surprised if the prof would have plugged the book. I think that points more towards the fact that most profs live in a bubble. And since this book isn’t likely to get reviewed in an academic journal, it probably just isn’t on his radar… yet.

]]> By: Adam Lehman http://adammclane.com/2010/02/02/learning-about-community-from-the-didache/#comment-7460 Adam Lehman Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:24:25 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5681#comment-7460 I took a student on a college visit to Cedarville University (very "conservative"). We sat in a Bible class and the prof. was teaching on the didache. I thought, if he mentions that there is a new - reader friendly - book out right now by Tony Jones about this I'll be AMAZED. The prof. didn't .... ..... maybe these "emergents" don't hate God like so many people have thought..... I took a student on a college visit to Cedarville University (very “conservative”). We sat in a Bible class and the prof. was teaching on the didache.

I thought, if he mentions that there is a new – reader friendly – book out right now by Tony Jones about this I’ll be AMAZED.

The prof. didn’t ….

….. maybe these “emergents” don’t hate God like so many people have thought…..

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